Samba Boye <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Gambia announces big oil finds onshore and offshore
> BLACK GOLD: The tiny nation, one of the poorest in the
> world, expects to
> start experimenting soon at some of the discovered sites,
> the president says
>
> REUTERS , BANJUL, GAMBIA
> Sunday, Feb 15, 2004,Page 11
> A recent study has found oil in Gambia and the tiny,
> impoverished West
> African state could soon become rich, President Yahya Jammeh
> said.

Its not a surprise that there is oil in The Gambia and there are articles
in the Gambia-l archives from a magazine called Upstream about oil
prospects. Just search for "Gambian oil prospects" as the subject in the
archives and you will find them. Otherwise just click on this link:
http://tinyurl.com/yqhfh
or
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S2=gambia-
l&q=&s=Gambian+oil+prospects+&f=&a=&b=

This is indeed good news and I pray to Allah (SWT) that it doesn't bring us
misfortune like countries that are rich with natural resources and yet the
people are faced with vast poverty and civil wars because of greedy rulers.


Momodou Camara

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